Machine for making paper boxes.



E. DE N. ANDERSON.

MACHINE mn Mum@ PAPER BOXES.

AFPLIOATION I'LED JULYS:4 1909,

1 ,089,6 1 9l latmlted l, 1.914

E. DE N. ANDERSON.

MACHINE PoR MAKING PAPER BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1909.

1,089,619, Patented Mar. 10, 1914.-

7 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

NW6 ,ownw AMA E. DE Ni ANDERSON.

l. AHINE FR MAKING PAPER BOXES.

APPUGMJQN FILED JULYQ, 190s 12359551 Q Patented Mar. 10, 1914N 7 SHEETS-"SHEET 3.

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E. DE N. ANDERSON. MACHINE Pon MAKING PAPER BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY9,1909. 1,089,619, Patented Mar. 10, 1914 'l SHEETS-SHEET 4.

E. DE* N. ANDERSON. MACHNE FOR MAKNG PAPER BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED J'ULY9-1Q0Q.

1 ,089,6 1 9 Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

E. DE N. ANDERSON.

MAIJHINE FOR MAKING PAPER BOXES.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 9. 1909.

1,089,6` 9D Patented Mar. 1o, 1914 7 SHEETS-SHEET 61 Hummm lig/9 l E. DE N. ANDERSON'. MACHINE PoR MAKING PAPER Boflyas.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9,1905?? 1,089,619. V Patented Mar. 10, 1914,

7 SHEETS-SHEET 7.

ERNEST 35E NEEN ANDERSON, 0F NEVI YORK, El.

Y.. ASSIGNOR TO UNION PAPER CQIYPANY, OF NEW YGRK, N. Y.

MACHINE FOR MAKING PAPER BOXES.

1 ,essere Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentedmar. 1o, i914.

pplication filed July 9, 190.9. Serial No. 50,388

To all whom 'it may concern.

Be it known that I, Enifns'rl DE NEEN ANnnnsoN, a citizen of the United States of .\1nerica, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usc- `ful Improvements in Machines Jfor Making Paper Boxes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in machines for making boxes or receptacles of various kinds. It is primarily intended for assembling together certain telescoping' or interrelated parts of paste-hoard or other material that have previously been finished by other mechanism to serve in the construction of a box, receptacle, or-holder of any kind. One particular kind of boxV with which it is especially adapted for use consists of a cylindrical or tubular body or element that is inseitibleinto another cylindrical or tubular ody, one form of which is a Hanged disk to be tightly applied to one end of the other part to s cve as a bottom or a cover. It should be understood, however, that the machine has a wide variety of applications and may be employed in the manufacture of boxes, receptacles, or packages having many different forms made of various materials and intended for manifold uses.

he object of the invention is to simplify and perfect the construction of an automatic machine of the class designated, in order that `the parts of the boxes that are to be connected together may be rapidly applied to each other and a larve number of the desired articles completer with ease in a short time without requiring a skilled operator for the machine, all the ycare required of the .attendant being merely the feeding into the n'mchine of the separate parts and the disposition of the resulting completed boxes, packages, or articles, as they leave the ma chine. z

The invention consists essentially of automatic means for inserting e. tubular element into another tubular element, orcylindrical body; or, more speeiinally, inserting a tubular or cylindrical 1oody into a tubular or cylindricalcover or bottom, which latter may-bo or closed atene end-g also in means for1,1; u'fc` ntly distendingsaid tnhw lar er hottcan Vmysan et the moment of its application to the body to secure a tight t; also in means for automatically applying an adhesive material to one of the component parts before they are attached to each other; and the invention furthermore may be said to comprise numerous details and peculiarities in the Construction, arrangement and combination of parts substantially as willbe hereinafter described and then more particularly pointed ont in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating my invention, Figure l is a front elevation of my improved machine for assembling the parts of boxes, packages and the like, with certain parts thereof broken away. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional side view on the line a a of Fig. 5. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of the gluing device and its reservoir, the latter being indicated in section. Fig. is a top plan view of the entire machine. Fig. 6 is an enlarged edge view of one of the feed belt pulleys and the mechanism for intermittently driving the same. ilig. 7 is a side View of the same mechanism shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is an enlarged elevational View of the central portion of the machine, bringing out more clearly the relative position of many of the important .mechanical partswhich are delineated on a. smaller scale in Figs. '1 and Fig. 9 isis diagrammatic bottom plan View of a portion of the gluing head and' the cooperating glue delivery Wheel` to indicate more clearly the relative rotatory niotion of these two paitsand the-method of transmitting the glue fromI t-he'reservoir to the head. Fig. l() is a top pian view of the trap device. Fi v. l1 is a cross section of the same on the line b b of Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is an enlarged cross section of one of the feed belts, and a ortion of the wheel on which it travels, an indicates one of the belt lugs or pins, and the means for holding the lat ter in place on the belt. fFig. 13 is a detail iside view of th'e plunger, Athe means for opmating. the same, and certain othernassoiated' parts.-v :Fig 14 is s. side elevation of the 'gi-ning head Fig. represents-'aside view and an edge View of one of the fingers of the gluing head. Fig. 18 is a sectional'side view of the plunger rod which operates the plunger, and the bearings in which said rod reciprocates. Fig. 19 is a cross section on the line 0 c of Fig. 18. Fig. 20 is a detail view of the casting serving as a carrier in which the fingers of the gluing head are pivotally hung. Fig. 21`is a top plan view of the distending or expanding mechanism for one of the telescoping parts of the box. Fig. 22 is an enlarged sectional view of the distending mechanism, the supporting trap for the boX bottom, and shows the manner in which the plunger introduces the body of the box down into the bottom and carries the finished product downwardly through the machine to be discharged therefrom.

vSimilar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout all the different giires of the drawing.

Obviously the general frame-work of the machine in which the various mechanical elements are situated and relatively arranged for operation may vary within wide limits, and I do not wish to be restricted to any particular'lcind of frame. Many kinds of main frame may be employed. As an example of frame work, however, 1 denotes the bed plate supported on suitable legs 2. The bed plate'l is preferably of a longitudinal horizontal form. Horizontally opposite to and preferably at a suitable point above the bed plate 1, adjoining one end ot' the latter, is a platform 4 on which are first placed a pile of bo.\Y tubes or bodies upon which the machine is to operate, some of which are shown at 3, and similarly opposite the bed plate 1, near the other end thereof, is another platform G on which the covers or bottom pieces 5 are placed. An attendant transfers the tubes, which in this case are the bodies 3 from the table 4 to an adjoining feed belt which conveys them in the direction shawn by the arro-w in Fig. 5 toward the center of the machine; and an attendant also transfers the other tubes that areto be telcscoped with the first-mentioned tubes which in this case are the bottoms or covers 5 from the table 6 to another feed belt which carries them in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 5 toward the center of the machine. Thus it will be seen that there is ,a series ci tubular bottoms or covers '5 moving ln one direction, and a series of cylindrical bodies or tubes 3 movingr in the opposite direction, with' the object, of course, of having them meet in the central part of the machine Where the automatic devices are in operation for the purpose of taking each one of the tubes as it comes along and inserting it into one ofthe bottoms or covers, in the way that l shall proceed to explain in detail. i

The cylinders or tubes 3 are conveyed by an endless belt or carrier 7, and the bottoms 'or covers 5 by a similar endless belt or carv Fig 5. The belt 7 passes around two wheels 9, 9 whose shafts 10 are liournaled in standards 11, there being'a pair of these standards 11 foreach shaft 10. Standards 11 are bolted 'securely upon the bed frame 1. Likewise the belt S passes around the two wheels 12 which are similar to the wheels 9. Said wheels 12 are carried by shafts 13 that are journaled in standards 14, there being a pair of these standards for each shaft 13. Standards 11 are bolted upon the bed frame 1, Horizontal railsI 15. 15 are bolted oi otherwise firmly secured upon the upper ends of the pairs of standards 11, and similar horizontal rails 16, lt are bolted or otherwise firmly secured upon the upper ends of the standards 14. Thus there are two rails 15 stretching from one pair of standards 11 to the other pair of standards 11 with an interveningr space between them. as indicated I,in Fig. 6, where the belt 7 travels` and this belt is supported and slides upon the parallel flanges 15'nl formed by in dents in the opposite inner edges of the rails 15, so that the belt is allowed to be thish with the top surfaces of rails 15. See Fig. 6. Similarly, the rails 16 stretch from one pair of standards 11 to the other pair of standards 14, and there is an interveningr spare between these rails in which the other belt S travels flush with the top surface of the rails 1G and moves upon the flanges 16a. See Fig. 11. The rails 15 and also the rails 1G are provided at one or both sides with vertical guide rails 17 and 18 as shown in Figs. G and 14, for the purpose of keeping the cylindrical bodies and the bottoms "br covers in place while being fed forward. At convenient intervals apart, there being only enough space left between them to accominodate the individual cylinders or covers, these belts 7 and 8 are provided with lugs or pins 18. The detailed. construction of these pins is shown in Fig. 12. They are simply hollow metal projections which are clamped to the belts by means of screws 19 passing through the belt from the under side and having a convex head 20, while the threaded portion of the screw engages a correspondingly threaded passage within the pin 18. Thus the series of pins 18 is clamped firmly to each belt. Consequently on the under side of each belt 7 and 8 there is a. series of screw heads 2O and these enter concave recesses or perforations 21 in the periphery of each of the wheels 9 and 12, as shown in Fig. 12. The concave recess 21 is deeper than the screw head 20, so that the latter doesr not entirely fill the recess, and so when it enters the recess it preferably only touches a portion of the wall plane of trnvel of belt thereof. it being only necessary, in order to Secure the best results. thz'zt these eoneave in so receiving the Screw hendel with suiiieient grip tof AS meh furnished with eoneave reresses readily apparent volntion ot' said Wheels rund 8 will be steadily fed forscrevv bends eneeessively entering itlidraiving from the recesses, ond

thereby ,giving :i positive :md Steady :lotion l to the movement of the belts. in a horizontal plane Belt. R travels 7, in order that the. bottoni or Covers 5 nmy be delivered to the @enter of the machine point of delivery ot' the Cylinder.:y or bodierl. 3. See Fig. There is a space between the end of the belt 7 and the adjacent end of belt 8, wherein are located two horizontal plates 22 and 23, which are supported by means of vertical bolts 2l. Q4 rigidly cured to the bed freine l. Belt 7 delivers the Cylinders or bodies 3 individuallyv upon the top of the plate 2Q, ne Shown in dette?. lines at. 3 in Fig. 22. and the, forward movement of the series of cylinders` 3 will ti ly place each one at the center of the plete :22. Belt. S feeding from the opposite direetion delivers the covers or bottoms upon th`x lower plate 23, one of them being shown in dotted lines at 5 in Fig. QQ. and enfrh bottom or cover is finally landed :it the Center of the plate 23 directly below u bod;7 or 'syl' index' 3. and ready to reeive said cylinder 3 when it is forced down thereinio :1nd tele Seoped therewith by the movement of the plunger.

The belts 7 and 8 are urged forward inY termittently 1n oppwfite direetioiie.

already Stated, so es to vuri'v the eviind or tubes and the botten# or rov goints Where theyY are dropped, the ine' the positions indicati-il in flott in Fig. 22; While, as stated., the row of tubes; and the row of covers or bottom` that fel- .ow thrust each one in @noce on 'finder tin' plunger. This intermittent ment. of the belts is nomi-mph; ed lowihg way: :Z5 denotee4 a xnz-mi driving; shaft. which i5 snpliorled in liearingl 6. and carries :l drivingY puller 2?. main ehjift :25 is; :l pinion whieh meshes with a gear wheel 2l on :i counter See Figs; Il and supported in bearings 3l formed as hangers. :nid that are rigidly bolted to the bed freine i'. On the shaft 3() is n mini i; within :i yoke 33 which ie to :i roch Aheft 3,4 y urnned in .ie which are firmly.' bolted tf Furthermore on the forli fiteehed rn forwardly fine:

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l hence. a. uni eetion allowing Inovens ietleeted between npvvnlilly-extending rod; ll and the upwardly e on e .sleeve 47S. ha .'mrred in :l Slot loon'y wheel :n the wise may he.

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mated by the er the nnpnlse of voke 33. Theee une l, and are pivot 46 to lugs 47 pin 4U adjustably 50 formed 1n en arm 5l the pnwls .72

shaft l() of the belt l of the belt W heel 12, Pinch of tl lese arms 51 52 which engages sue- )ertomtione QV concave reneripherv ol1 the Wheels 9 ngnvnrdlv extending rods nee o1" the rocking erinl 5l are intermiteensed to feed ently forward,

positive impulses to the her en il it i rod counter-shaft 30 voted a conneetot' which is pivflnniped firmly to the il plunger 'rml 5S. .neve 5.., i.'- provided with a. jeriosxitifm in Si'. am Shown ingw rod 511' Aoreffon mid rebeen of the crunk :zi'lis in filete 7, above find 25. x, stentepring to the lower end o the :sleeve nl to lhey bed plete l, :nel

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. sente suitable )vide n. num-A "af ee ill?" edge of the tube or cylinder 3A There is thus above the rounded end *it a eireuni ferential shoulder (ila horizontally plinizetl or at right angles to the axis of' the plunger 60, and contiguous tio this are ihe fasen GW. The upper part of plunger G enters a clamping portion of the bracket 59 and is Securely held therein, said bracket 59 having' another clamping portion which fits over and is securely boltetl around the rod 56. This arrangement is indicated quite elearly in Fig'. lil, Tinta the plunger n() eeeupies a verlieal pnnitinn nirnllel io the plunger rml 56. and reeiproeatee nl unimi] therewith. Plunger (lt). :nt intl' nell in l"` E22, entierl eneh of the hon lu'niies S1 in sue cession, and e-n its t,ie\.\'nwartl num-nient ein ries these hotliea intlii'ifluall,Y dem' into the bottonis or eocers waiting' to reveire them. as: lV have alreznly pointed` out to v-,onie ext ent and ae l elnill nuire ,t'ully explain in speaking of the operation of( the nnufh'ne. Fur tlierniore. the plunger roll .3G if, provitletl nt itis upper enil with another brat-liet arin U2 having an extenainn G23 u'hieh eurritI a Spring butler 6l. See lfigs und lil. Thisr spring butler Gil- :it.,e,:i fh reeiprneation of the plunger roll 513 unil plun "er nl) against the upwarilliyirn'o listing;

Strikes Spring- J provided rod SQ belonging' te the gluing` head, anil actuales said head. Thuis it will be seen thai upon the rot ation ut" the driving pulley 2R the plunger roti fill is auseil to Vertit'allj.' rm'ipi'tu'nle thev riaiult' ol which to impart nu upuntl-lnwn ino ion tn the plunger :nul to the spring bu'tilr tl;v nhl plunger pert'ern'iing the zis.iniilliii process ot' the hex ei'liniler unil the rever u' lwttoni. anti uifl SpringY butler tlepree` head :intl bringing' alieni' the resull .Y i ine' the prep'u' amount el llue or other hen-ire material to the hunne nl the box einl. thni, i to aix tu one nl the tubular parts, :e nill Sher ne slziteil in (letali. The plunger rml .t hu-4 therein a kei/ruhr we Fig. it?) hielt receiver; a rib or her i within on:` ot lhe liezn'ingn Iii, n that s; it plunger roti .fit1 'n'hih living xt'rlinlly'd'e "ipitn'atoty u ill he 1ion-rolut2i ve.

At the lett lnnnl fini ol thtl nin slizlll ,Qhai'l' 10 over ll (see I" hine. the Si. n'hieh 1t) ol' the outer lvelt wheel 5 hearing in ihf x iu, exteiu'leil lo turni a hin'i '/.ontul halt i on which are. two pulleys t?? :intl (it). A bolt, it! lewin' from the pulley tiff; to a pulleiy il on ille inelinetl shaft' '(2 ul'L a I tion again te the top renter plate latter. and also to the glue wheel in the glue vat for the purpose of supplying` an ndhesive material to said heatl. plunger 1 I Pull inten- 22 Vwhich limy a ventral opening through which the plunger t3() reeiprnentee. There i5 :the the betteln plate i heretefoi'e inentii'ineil.

Referring to Figs. Q1 and Whirl: i :i hert lietante belowy the plate :unl :ilse hasl a Similar hut preferably larger opening'. 'the opening' in plaie Q2 dee-ig'- nuted by the reterenee nlnneral Sl and ha` :i circular forni. ln this. opening is a radial eries of pivoter] tingers S5. The periphery of the ivpei'iine l is provided with railial slots Sti, and Croz ing Said Slots` is a eireular groove ST. liaeh nl the fingern 8.3 has oppo nitely-prnjeeting lateral pins SS, :nul when the lingers nre in pox'ition then: pin@ .QS lie in the eireulai' gre-eve ST. and the tingen` tl'ieili;'tl\'es :ire seateil in the rullini slntr- Sti with their inner etui` Femininum to nach other around a Central open epilee geen at S9 in Fig. 2l. A, Pireular cniletl spring' tu) lies benenth the eerie ol radial ting: and engageb depending lip lll on Saul tingers, said Iuin'infr 9U' fwrving' to hohl the lin prima in the hoz'il/.onlul posiiiun ixulii'at -il in full linesy in l"y 2l und 22, 'u'lieie their upper eilnf" :ne alinetl snlmtantialli' with the Suri'are of the tup pluie anti lure t' jointly un: a upport on which the box holly 3 'nin rilj reel.7

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under the aerien th inve a thereteion tinn Qhou'n in iluitetl line` in the saine lig UTG.

glnefrsupplying' nheel Tl per-ruine' to lift.

the glue. or other adhesive trein u i'euerroir if) :Intl appli' il' to the gluing' heutl. StL-tj- Fifg. l. A heit Th leznls troin the olher pulley (39 areuini a pulley TT plaeeil hori Zontally upnn :i shall Trl. (hs the upper 'cnil olf ihn` `ahutl. TS another pull A' 7:) linnn n'hieh a belt Sti leaffs to aiul arountl a pullei 8l on the shaft 82 of the. gluinghead` :fo l in plate the introduction el' the 1 und occupy enljiv ar Very mouz therein The inner tree engl o he lingere are. thin and namen' Qi; Sinn l. beine; preierahllv redneed toa ,kin edf," 5o as to be nl" 'wry ii'nfm;-iilerahle taieliizrj in order tha they' nina' ene'nge the einer er bottoni 5 sinall anieunt ot' "lflnetl'ee nl the ilownward tletleetion of the`e lingersv and their intro luetion into the cover 5 V iniultaneously with plunge' titl :nul the body 3 into sal! Cover will be t0 nlightly tlnn'fini unl envar. .intl vnufpel it to rereive the hotly with a tight' 'telenropingg action.

The lower Center plate Q3 having an epenY ing Smneuf'haa larger than the opening S4 09 said opening in plate 23 being the same downwardly, so that the glue sin l plying devices may act within the cover or bottom 5. (See Figs. 14. and 15).

ln the lower portion of the gluing head there is-a sort ot brush consisting` ol' a eirl cular series of lingers H8. One ot' these is Shown in detail in Fig. 17. lhey are shaped So as t provide glue-receiving faces 107 at the lower end, and spring-receivingsnotehes S at the upper end; while at a short dis-l l tance below the springreceiVingnotches 10ft there are laterally-projecting pins ltll on each side. .serving as pivots on which the tingers are hung.

Referring to Fig. 20, there is seen to be a circular casting ll() having therein a series ot radial notches 111. the top surtaee of the casting being crossed by a circular Igroove 112 which provides a recess in the upper i side of each ot the segmentsy between the radial notches or slots 111. 'The tingers are arranged within the radial slots 111 and the pins 109 are seated in the circular `groove 112 acting therein as pivot pins on which the tingers can swing, so that their loweifends and their gluing surfaces 10T may be tlnown in and out. The casting 110 is in tegral with the main rod 82, and below the casting 110 is a cylindrical downwardly e.\; tending part 113. The tingers 8? are arranged in a circular series around said part 113. Thus it Will be seen that these lingers together constitute a sort of brush. since the lower ends thereof are arranged in a eireul lar group, and at .said lower end they are distensible. or extensible, so that they can be g spread outl to occupy a position ot` greater l diameter at one time and drawn in close against the downward extension 113 so as l to occupy a position ot contracted diameter ends ot these lingers are brought into contact with the inside of the encircling tlange ot the cover or bottom 5, :is shown in dotted lines in Fig. but when drawn in they are moved sutlieiently far inwardly to clear them from any contact with the cover or bot tom, and hence to occupy the position shown in full lines in Fig. 15. circular spring 114, similar to the spring 9() belonging to the expanding fingers S5, surrounds thisl group ot' gluing lingers S2, and. as I have ,i stated, enters the notches 10S in the upper i end of c'af'h of them, the ellect ot' said spring l at :mother time. When expanded, the lower g l 114.- bcing to draw the upper ends otl the f lingers together. and thus throw out their lower ends. This happens when a cone device 115, which works loosely on the main l rod Slabove the slotted section 11(),islitted l away from the upper ends ot the fingers so as to release the latter. Then the cone device 115 is pressed down tightly within the l spare occupied by the upper ends ot' tbel fingers S3 and against them above the cast i cated.

ing 110, and above their pivotal points, the etlect is to throw the lower ends ot the tingers into their innermost or idle position, as shown in toll lilies in Fig. 15. The cone 115 is toi-med integral with or is securely fastened to a cirfular horizontal disk 11G through which the main rod SQ ot the gluing mechanism passes. i' 'i short distance is another disk 11T, preferably ot' less diameter than disk 11G, and lirmly `secured to the rod in like manner as is the pulley Sl elose by which it is lo series ot vertical spiral springs 11H are interposed between the two disks 11G and 11T. Thus the disk 11V and cone 115 are susceptible ot' more or less vertical movement at times. being trai'ist'erable Vtrom the position shown in tull lines to that shown in dotted lines in Fig. 15. and the resiliency ot' the springs 115iy has the function after the compression of said springs ot returning the disk 11G and cone 115 to the position shown in full lines. .t series of pins 119 carried by theacone 115 and disk 11V) projectloosely into receiving recesses in disk 117 and serve to cause these parts all to rotate together, while at the same time the movement of the disk 111i relatively tothe disk 11T not prevented.

On the, standard 101 at a suitable point below the top bracket 10Q there is attached an arm or yoke 125 which projects around or partly around the series ot' fingers 83, as shown in Fig. 14. This yoke or arm 125 is in a position vertically below the disk 116 in its vertical reciprocations, and on each downward plunge ot the gluing head the disk 1113 strokes against the horizontal stationary arm 125, with the result that said disk is thereby stopped and can not move farther: while the downward impetus of the gluing head causes the springs 118 to be compressed for a .short time, that is to say, while the series ot fingers' 811 move on downwardly for a short distance, although the movement of the disk 116 has been stayed by this contact with the arm 125. The halting of the disk 116 simultaneously stops the cone 115, and the continued movement a short. distance of the series of gluinv fingers S3, after the stopping ot' the cone lo, allows th(` upper ends of the Fingers to le set free from contact with the cone 115, so that the spring 114 will act to draw in the upper ends and thrust out the lower ends ot said fingers; and. as at this time, the gluing bead will be inserted within thetlange of the cover or betteln 5, as shown in dotted lines Fig. ,15, the gluing faces 10T will be brought in eontaci with the inside surface of this flange and will wipe tle same and deposit adhesive material thereon in the proper quantity. (')n the new asrent of the gluing head., as soon as the i. c 114i released from Above the disk 116 a' medew "f y in ai incr with the uopo? contact with thc i.' will cui Anunc it. ends of ouiwsirill ltir'cr cn they uii of snniilcst i." thus grouped togli er transferring whe-ei "(lwi apply glue from iin vut.

At the lowcr und oi the 1 low the extonsion T13 et the part .1.10 is' a spring .'120 uhich inserted into the bottoni or 5 Fig 1i-fi) prior to the entrance of the gluing head into thc imiter. und serves to exert a pre :ure upon thc bottom or cover and to hold it in position. while the glue is being applicd, and also to hold it during the withdrawal of the gluing head, and to prevent it from moving' upward when l um thcrcon the gluing head ascenda, aching as a .aol-t 1 of ejocting deiicc for preventing the corcr or bottom from being l .fd by reason of tho adl'icsirc material wn' h might inherwise causo it to be carried upward with the gluing head. From what l have just said, therefore, il. will be understood that when thc gluing head is in its, upperi'noet position, the group of gluing iiiurers will he contracted into a small dianuter; but when they are caused to descend into the ilanged cover or bottoni, they will bc expanded into a position of greater diameter to perform the gluing function. `When grouied together into a small compass in the ii ted position, they come into contact with the gluing Wheel, asshowu in Fig. 4; but when depressed, they nre. free from said Wheel. Hence, between every tu o actions ot ihc ngers upon the box parts., said lingers are supplied with u fresh deposit of glue.

in ordcr to keep the row of cylindrical bodies B in proper feeding position on the belt 'J'. and also the rou` of l'mttoina or covers fi in proper feeding poitiou on the other bolt S, l cinililor pi: on said h indicated 1n Fig. si. row oif boi'lies 3 is also shown in Fig. weil row oi botto 5. In the latter figure, it i. observed that the bodics 3 and isottoi'us i. riwinectiwiy, lic beiwccn the pin# i3. .it ucccss ry. however, under ordinary circ' y...zich to proy if:

ride sinne poi'nlcrabie device which con rest 1 und muy be so easily movable hat they feeding' of the pars gluing head be l, may lic upon the parts I ihr-.firing 'ihn suino i i* il@ i not only the particular box described, but all kinds boxes, receptacles, cartons and the like, and it embraces Within its scope not. alone the tele-scoping of u tubular part nii-.hin another tubular part, but the inseri l i 3 and 5 will be in no Wise obstructed, While zu" the same time they will be kept from jim'iping vertically out of their normal po- Ation between the pins 18.

The i'ivcntion is broad enough to cover tion of a part haring any desired shape within another part having a corresponding siuip ln using the terms bod bob tom cover tubular body cylindrical body iianged disk, ctc., I am not to be restricted to the particular form shown and described, as these are simply offered by way of example. The special kind of box which is shown with its parts in process of assembling throughout the drawing is only one ot' a great variety of receptacles` whose. parts may be put together by my. im n'ovcd machinery. Therefore it is to be und' stood that my invention permits a wide variation from the special construction shown and described, and that, a great many changes may be made in the mechauim Without going outside of the invention as defined in the claims, and I reserve the liberty of making all such changes as may be found necessary in )ractice.-ns the invention is equally serviceab e in the case of the assembling of two tubes by telescoping one within the other. or thc assembling of other parte of different shapes by insertin one within the other in the manufacture of oxes and cartons either of pasteboard or'any other material, whatever may be the size, character of the intended contents, style of the package, etc. A

Ha ving thus described my invcntion,\vhat I claim as newY and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. In a' box-making machine, the combi nation with means for feeding a tubular part of the box, of means for feeding a cover for one end of said tube. so that the two may be placed in juxtaposition,-means consisting a plunger for introducing one part within the other, expanding means whereby one part slightly distended at the moment of thc introduction of the other thercinto, and electing means for the finished product.

2, in a box-making machine, the combination with means for feeding a tubular air-:t of the box, of means for feeding a, cover for one end of said tube, so that the two may be placed in juxtaposition, means gers.

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3. In a box-making machine, the combination with means for presentinga tubular part of the box and a rover for one end of the saine simultanoouslni', of means consisting ot' a plunger for introducing one part within the other, and expanding means whereby one part is slightly distended atthe moment of the introduction of the other thereinto.

4. In a machine for making boxes, the conibination with means for causing two parts of the box to telescope with each` other, of means for slightly distending one part aty the moment of the introduction of the other thereinto, said distending meansl consisting; of a series of pivoted radial tingers.

5. In a machine for uniting the parts of boxes and the like, the combination with means for introducing one part within another part of corresponding shape, of means tor slightly distending the receiving part at the moment ot' the introduction of the other thcreinto, said distendino means consisting' of a series ot' pivoted radial lingers.'

t?. In a machine for making boxesy and the lili-e, the frmiihination with means for bringing two parts into a position in alinemeiit with each other, means Vt'or introducing and securing one part within the other, and

means4 for expandingr the reeeivi'ri` parts siinultaneousl)Y with the introduction of the other thereintfi. said latter mean,`4 consisting ot a ,series4 oi' nitidi-audible pivoted radial lingers.

T. in a machine for iii-tilting` boxes and the lili'e. the eoinhinatioii with means for feedinc one parl into the machine, means for feeding :omini-r part into a position where it will he in alinenient with the first part, iiicans tor eaufng one part to enter into the other, means for distending the receivingr part simultaneou l5V with thel iiitroduc tion ot the other thereiuto, said latter means consistingA ot' a circular sci-ies ot' attenuated lingersy and a spring' device arranged in conni-i'tion therewith.

9. in a horvnialting machine, the combination with intliinittwilly-operating means for dniultaneously presenting a tubular portion ol' the box and a einer for one end of the saine, ot` meansl i'or causing one ot the parts to tel'lscope within the ohci, means t'oi lnipplyinr` an adhe-i\'e. and means for distending one ot the partJ at the nioinent of the introduction ofthe other theieiiito.

i). In d box-ifialting niailiine. the conihination with intermittently-artin;;` incanst'or f `"iniultaneousliY bringing a tuluihir part otl he hex and a cover toi' one en ot' the saine ii le teiescoping juxtaposition. ot' means for i ting the telescoiliing, means tor iliaienil nient o1 lele- ,io adhesive,

, ne lne ot the nai-tf, at the coping means ha land means for ejecting the finished product.

i0. In a boxmalfing machine, the combi-i nation with inter-miiteiitly-actiiig means for simultaneously presenting a tubular part of the box and a cover for one end ot' the same so that the two parts may temporarily he I in juxtaposition to permit tclcscoping, means for etlecting the telescopinfr of the ,'two parts, and means for distending one l o t the parts so as to allow the ther to be tightly introduced thci'einto, said distending means consisting of a series of radial lingers hung pivotaily and acting within the inside surface ot one ot the. parts and withh diawabic after the telexooping is tinished.

11. In a box-making machine, the combination of means for presenting a tubular pai-t ot' the box and simultaneously presenting a cover for one end of the saine, distendin;A mechanism consisting ot a series of tiir gers on which the tube normally rests, and tran meansv eoiwieting ol yielding elements on which the cover normally rests directly 0ppo-ito the tube, and means consisting essentially of a plunger tor moving the tube pastI the distending me,liaiiiam and overcoming the resilienciy of the trap, said'distending mechanism acting simiiltaneousljyv with the plunger to expand the cover at. the moment of the, introduction of the tube thereinto.

1Q. In a machine. t'or making boxes, the con'ibination ot' means` for feeding one part to the machine, means for tending another part, so that the second part will be alined with the. tirs-t, and means toi anfing eue part to he introduced into the other, consistingr essentially ot a plunger having iatera flaty surfaces thereon.

lf3. In a machine for makingI boxes, the combination of means for alining the parts of the box which are to he united, and means for causing one part to be introduced into the other, said latter means including a plunger having a rounded end an'd a series of lateral flat suriaces contiguous to the rounded end. f

1t. In a box-making machine, the combi- .iiatiori with means for feeding a part of the box, of means for supplying an adhesive to the interior thereof, consisting essentially of acircular series ot pivoted fingers and a spring-actuated cone device operating in conjunction with said fingers so that the latter may he contracted into a brush of small diameter at one time and expanded into a brush of larger diameter at another time, and means consisting of a rotary adhesivesupplying Wheel, into contactwith which the brush comes when it is contracted in l diameter.

15. In a box-making machine, the combim nation with moans for feeding a tubular et means for feeding a second tubular l i i par;

part so that it will occupy a position in :ilinement with the first, means for supplying an adhesive to one part consisting essentially of a brush composed of a Series of expansible Vand contractile fingers, which fingers receive adhesive and expand Within one of the tubes to apply it thereto, means for causing one ot' the tubes to he telescoped within the other, sind means for distending the receiving tuhe at the moment of the introduction o' the other thereinto.

1G. In a box-1nf1king machine, the combination of means for feeding it tubular part, menus for feeding :inother tubular part, the two feeding meuns operating toward each other and delivering ut points one above the other so that the two pnrts thus delivered l muy he in alinemcnt with euch ing menne` receivingy the tubular parte from the .Vendingl menn und supporting` them temporarily, said means consisting of a plurn-lity ol spring-provided devices, means for introducing;r one tubuhir part within the other consisting essentially of n plunger and mechanism for driving,r it, snid plunger in ity operation overcoming the tension of the aforesaid yielding devices.

17. In :i hox-making machine, the combiother, yieldi :nation oi' the plunger,

nation with a feeding belt for delivering :i tubular part, a second feeding belt vfor de liveringl another tubular part, yieldingT means for receiving one part, sui( means consisting of a circular series of spring pro` vided fingers, yielding means for receiving;- the other tubular part, said means eonsisting of zi plurality of spring-provided leave, the two parts of the hox heing in :ilinenient with each other when so delivered, :ind menne for introducing one part within the other con sisting essentially of t plunger, said plunger in its operation overcoming the tension oi the yieldingr devices in hoth eases, the yielding lingers in the one ease operating ,simultaneously with the action of the plunger to dis-tend the receiving tube.

18. In a box-making n'niehine, the combidistending lingers hox parts, und an for removing the finished for expanding one of the ejecting trap article.

In testin'lony whereof, I aliix my sig'nntnre in presence of two witnesses,

ERNEST DE NEEH ANDERSON. Witnesses:

HERBERT SCHUBERT 7 B RED E. TASKER. 

